56. Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him.
57. As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on Me also will live because of Me.
58. This is the bread which came down from heaven, not as your fathers ate manna and died. He who eats this bread will live forever.”
59. He said these things in the synagogue, as He taught in Capernaum.
60. When they heard this, many of His disciples said, “This is a hard saying. Who can listen to it?”
61. Knowing in Himself that His disciples murmured about it, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you?
62. Then what if you see the Son of Man ascend to where He was before?
63. It is the Spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit and are life.
64. But there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who it was who would betray Him.
65. Then He said, “For this reason I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it were given him by My Father.”
66. From that time many of His disciples went back and walked no more with Him.
67. So Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to go away?”
68. Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.
69. We have believed and have come to know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
70. Jesus answered them, “Have I not chosen you, the twelve, and yet one of you is a devil?”
71. He spoke of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. For it was he who would betray Him, being one of the twelve.